Yesterday, I was at a local "lumberyard" here in San Jose with my wife picking up some stock to make a box that I've been promising her for some time now.
We had everything picked out and was in the process of running the credit card through the machine when my wife pointed and said... what's that wood called? Now this place carries all kinds of exotics, so its no surprise that it stumped me... but I asked the guy who was running my card through and he said... I don't know what you call it... I call it "poor man's cherry."
He ended up letting me take it for $1 because thats all that I had in my wallet at the time. I think piece has a nice figure, but is pretty twisted so I'm not sure I'll be able to get much thickness out of it.
Anybody know what this wood is called? I took a few pictures of it along with some "known" species that I had on hand for reference. Too me its a lot darker than cherry, almost that of the redwood (but not quite as red)...
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Here's a closup...
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Any ideas? Thanks!!